Chapter Eighteen: Of Marshmallow Confession and Harem Presentation

Written by TheCrimsonDM

The next day Twilight had found herself at the mansion of the royal sisters. Ever since she'd been intimate with Fluttershy the day before, she felt something changing inside of her. A warmth that flowed from her heart to her loins, yet the longer she stayed away from ponies, the colder this feeling would become. She was almost fearful of the cold, she couldn't quite explain it, but she knew deep down that if she got too cold, something bad would happen so she'd stay as warm as she could as often as she could.

The room she was in was at the moment was a large one with multiple beds, a bath, and even a toilet in the corner hidden only by a thin see-through curtain. In the center of this room was a single large bed, round, huge, and surrounded by transparent red curtains. The way that bed made her heart skip a beat told her it was probably used for much more intimate and naughty things than she knew.

Celestia was nearby and examined the quality of the curtain. "Hmm."

Luna giggled from Twilight's other side. "I told you dear sister, that you should have hired Rarity to make the curtains."

Celestia stuck her tongue out and licked the curtains. "No, they are fine. I could not risk Rarity finding out our plans to make a harem so early. I fear with Fluttershy on board it is only a matter of time before they all start to realize it."

Twilight nodded. "So... about the harem. You said it was my harem right? How come I didn't know about this room until now?"

Celestia smirked. "Starting to grow wise are we?"

"Am I not supposed to be the leader of this herd?"

Luna chimed in. "Oh ho, don't get it wrong, Twilight. We will do as you desire, however, in the hierarchy of things, me and my sister also want this harem. We will be using the ponies just as much as you."

Celestia rolled her eyes. "Well I'm not sure I have that much stamina in me. Twilight has surprising amounts of endurance."

"That she does."

Twilight felt her cheeks growing a little warm from the compliment. "Um, so, uh... if the plan isn't for it to be 'my harem' exactly. What is the actual plan?"

Celestia let go of the curtain. "Simple, it will be a royal harem, for the three of us to use at our leisure. Cadance has her own harem so no need to let her in on our fun and games. The second purpose is to keep you well fed."

"Well fed?"

"It's a metaphor, Twilight. It just means that all your sexual urges will be cared for here. More than that, well..."

Twilight didn't need her to finish the sentence, her mind was getting really good at figuring out what kinds of things she could do sexually. All the fun and games she could and would have. Of course, she still had a few members to get to join her harem here. She had to figure out how to do that. Twilight's mental gears were turning as she considered the best ways to encourage her friends to come and join the fun and games. After all, she needed each and every one of them to feel content.

Twilight spoke up. "Celestia, Luna, who should I go after next?"

Celestia nodded. "Well Rarity and Rainbow Dash will need to be saved for last I think. They are a packaged deal but getting Rainbow Dash to agree will be a challenge."

Luna added. "Pinkie Pie and Spike are also a pair, get one and you will likely get the other. They should be easy to woo over to our side, however, the risk is that once Pinkie joins she'll tell everypony else. Make a party out of it or some such."

Twilight wasn't quite sure what they meant by Pinkie and Spike being a pair. In fact she was pretty sure she didn't like the connotations that line of thinking had. Not one bit. Still she did think about it for a moment. if this was the scenario they were looking at it only left one pony to go after next. Twilight smiled far too wide, showing a fang that didn't used to be there as she said, "Then I guess I should go get some apple pie first."

***

Over at the Apple Family Farm, Applejack was busy staring at the barn when a cold shiver ran down her spine.

It wasn't even cold out, why did she shiver like that all of a sudden?

She promptly ignored the weird feeling and got right back to work. She was busy doing some painting on the barn, not a lot, just enough to prevent too much wear and tear. Of course she wasn't just painting it for fun's sake either. On the side of the wall there was some rather atrocious spray paint that read some pretty awful things. Mostly about a princess sunbutt and how the moon was the best choice. Whoever did this was likely to get a spanking from the goddess of the sun herself.

Well if they ever got caught that was.

Just as she finished up Applejack heard the all too familiar whistle of a mare that had been visiting a bit too frequently recently. Applejack didn't even turn to face her as she spoke. "Mornin' Rares."

Rarity giggled. It was a beautiful sound, one that made Applejack's heart ache a little hearing it. Now that she knew that Rarity and Rainbow Dash were a thing it left her feeling pretty down. Sure she hadn't ever been one to push for romance, but like Rarity had once said, the dating pool for her had drained significantly. Celestia's surprise visit aside, she couldn't really think herself lucky enough to get what Rarity had.

"Oh darling, painting the barn I see. Such hard work from such a strong mare."

Applejack looked at her now and raised an eyebrow. "Y'all shouldn't be buttering up ponies ya ain't dating."

"Oh heavens no, that's not what I'm doing." Rarity fluttered her eyes.

"Then why are ya here?"

"I just wanted to talk to you about a few things is all."

"And those things are?"

"Well lets start with something nice and simple, how was your visit with Celestia yesterday?"

Applejack thought back to it. It was wonderful. "It was nice."

"Tell me about it."

"Well we mostly sat around eating some apple pie, drinking some tea, and talking about things. Most of our conversation seemed to focus on Twilight Sparkle when she wasn't asking me questions about mahself, mah family, or mah farm."

"She was asking about you?"

"Yeah, it reminded me of when Twilight first got here. Remember how she'd sit around her for hours as I worked asking me about farm life. It was pretty cute the way she'd take so much interest in even the simplest things. The way she'd look so confused when Ah could perfectly pick out what baskets would get the most apples. She accused me of apple-based witchcraft at some point. Heh..."

"I see. So you did have a crush on Twilight."

Applejack nearly spit her bit. She gave Rarity a sharp glare. "Now listen here Miss Marshmallow, Ah don't want ya going around tellin' such things t' nopony. Ah ain't got no crush on nopony. Especially not one dating one of our friends. Ya hear."

"So you found out about the fact Fluttershy and Twilight hooked up then. Good, we don't have to worry about that for our plan."

"Uh... yer plan?"

"Yes our plan to get you married of course."

"Oh no, Rarity, Ah ain't ready for that. Ah ain't even found a pony Ah like yet."

"You sure about that? You did spend an awful lot of time with Celestia yesterday."

Applejack felt herself wince at that. The idea that Rarity was implanting was preposterous. She'd never... be that lucky. "No, ah don't think she feels that way at all. If Ah didn't know no better Ah'd say she was already dating Twilight herself, but uh, that wouldn't work ya know."

"Because they're basically related?"

"No because Twi is dating somepony else already."

Rarity nodded. She bit her lower lip and looked lost in concentration for a moment before she looked again at Applejack with a somewhat more somber expression. "I have a funny feeling there's more going on with Celestia and Luna's decision to come here to live than meets the eye. What if they had... plans for us."

"Us?"

"Well a few of us. You... Twilight..."

"What kind of plans?"

"That I do not know. I know that Celestia and Luna have gotten very close to Twilight in the past few days. It could just be their way of nurturing her, but they seem to be staying at Twilight's home more often then in their new mansion."

"And how do you know that?"

"I have my sources. As does Pinkie. We believe there's something fishy going on here, and I do not like the smell of fish, it's quite dreadful. Why, did you know they made not just one, but several fish-based perfumes?"

"Uh... like... Rarity, stay on track please."
"Teehee, sorry dear."

Applejack picked up the paint can and began walking toward the shed to put it away as Rarity followed her. Rarity spoke the entire time, seeming to be stuck in whatever train of thought she was in originally. It was awfully cute seeing her like this but she would keep that to herself. It wasn't for her anymore, and perhaps it never was. Once at the shed she put the paint away and stood in the entrance to look at Rarity.

Rarity was still going on about something. "And so I think they are trying to create some sort of harem."

"Rarity, calm down. Yer starting to go into Pinkie Pie levels of crazy. Now let's just be serious for a moment. There is no way that Celestia would like me romantically, nopony does. At least nopony Ah know of that Ah also am on good terms with. Luna also wouldn't be here doing something like that. Sure she might be the princess of the night but that don't mean she does anything naughty like yer suggesting."

Rarity let out a sigh. "Your right, I'm letting Pinkie's earworms in again. Ew, worms."

"Now let's just get on with a normal healthy morning okay?"

"Ok- wait a minute, what do you mean nopony likes you romantically? That is preposterous."

"No it ain't. It's the simple truth. Look at me, Ah'm a bit dirty, unladylike, family-focused, and staying on mah farm more than ah stay with friends. Ah ain't got anything that any mare would like."

"That's simply not true darling. You're handsome, strong, you love family, and you show how much dedication you have each and every day."

"Thanks fer trying, but it ain't working. You can't convince me that somepony, especially not Princess Celestia would like me."

Rarity took a few steps toward Applejack. Somehow the look of determination in her eyes actually scared Applejack. She found herself stepping backward, actually going into the shed. "That's not true."

"Rarity it is true, and yer not gonna convince me otherwise. Now let's stop it before Ah get sad, and you get in trouble fer acting mighty weird when yer dating mah friend."

"Oh Rainbow Dash would understand the needs of one's heart more than most."

"Rarity, ah said stop."

"No, I will not stop. Not this time, I gave up last time, but this time I will succeed. I've already talked to Rainbow Dash about this, she's okay with it."

"Rarity, Ah don't know what yer talk-"

Rarity pushed herself up against Applejack and as their chest fur rubbed together, all Applejack could do was look into those eyes. Rarity smiled warmly, her eyes big, beautiful and soft. "Applejack, I am in love with you."

The words struck Applejack like an arrow to the heart. She couldn't mean them could she?

That's when Applejack saw the last pony on the planet she wanted to see. Rainbow Dash was by the doorway, giving the two a playful smirk. "Nice, you finally did it."

Applejack gulped. "D-did what?"

Rainbow Dash took a step away from the door and grinned. "Now enjoy 7 minutes in heaven, courtesy of me."

With that Rainbow Dash closed the shed door, and locked it from the outside...

Rarity giggled. "Oh my, she is truly wonderful isn't she?"

Applejack sat down. Her head and heart were all sorts of confused. Yet as she heard the sounds of Rainbow Dash flying away she realized one very important thing. One thing that might ruin this entire moment, whatever this moment was. She looked over at Rarity and gulped. "Uh... Rarity, Ah still have the key to the shed."

"Oh good, then no one can bother us until we want them to."

"And we can't get out."

"Oh that's not a..." Rarity's ears folded back and she looked around suddenly aware of how small the shed really was once two ponies were inside of it. Her eye twitched and she sat down. "...I swear if Rainbow Dash knew about this I'm going to spank her until the sun comes up. First she spray paints your wall to distract you, now she locks me into the shed."

"Hold up she did what?"

Author's Note

A new sunday a new chapter. Enjoy the marshmallows